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    #1

    Enable global menus

    Well I've tried Unity and think it's ugly. Hence my shift to Kubuntu. However, I do like the global menus that Unity comes with.
    I have found this little gem that disables the global menus in Ubuntu:
    sudo -s
    echo "export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY-"> /etc/X11/
    Xsession.d/81disableglobamenus

    But is there a similar thing to enable global menus in Kubuntu?
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    #2
    Re: Enable global menus

    What's a global menu?

    Please Read Me
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      #3
      Re: Enable global menus

      Do you mean how the titlebar menus attach to the top bar in Gnome?

      There's a KDE widget called "Window Menubar" that functions similarly.

      Please Read Me
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        Re: Enable global menus

        Thanks Oshunluvr,
        The Window Menubar widget is sort of what I'm after. Seems to need a bit of tweaking on my side though. I still see the menu bars in the actual windows, and the only menu that's appeared with the Window Menubar widget is File > Close.
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          Re: Enable global menus

          Yeah, it's kinda iffy. I used it for awhile, but then it started messing up so I dropped it. Too bad cause it's one of the best things about gnome - the universal menu bar thing.

          My problem with it began with the fact that I have multiple desktops with separate activities - it just wasn't compatible with my usage.

          Please Read Me
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            #6
            Re: Enable global menus

            A little cosmetic concern:

            Does anyone have those underlined letters in the menu names, "File", Edit, History, and so on?

            Any way to get rid of those?
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              #7
              Re: Enable global menus

              Run the:
              Code:
              oxygen-settings
              Uncheck the "Draw keyboard accelerators"
              Have you tried ?

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                #8
                Re: Enable global menus

                Interesting. Launch konsole and look at the Menu bar - no accelerators. Launch Kate and look at the Menu bar - accelerators. Why the discrepancy?
                Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                  #9
                  Re: Enable global menus

                  That window menu bar thing is....interesting....

                  woodintriguedsmoke
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                    Re: Enable global menus

                    Keyboard accelerators

                    http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usa..._Accelerators:
                    Keyboard accelerators are key bindings to access menu items in a consistent way.
                    Alt+Key


                    They are depending the widget style:

                    Oxygen: oxygen-settings -> Draw keyboard accelerators
                    QtCurve: System Settings > Application Appearance > Widget style ; Configure, General: Hide shortcut underline until 'Alt' key is pressed.
                    Etc...

                    Why some applications don't have them ?

                    http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10127
                    http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4400
                    ------- Comment #1 From Lars Doelle 2000-09-07 12:30:38 -------
                    > Access key to open the menu (ex: alt+f for file) are missing in
                    konsole.

                    This cannot be done in konsole.
                    The ALT+Key is needed by the clients
                    and can therefor not be consumed.

                    Here konsole differs from other application.
                    Note that sequences like ALT+Tab are
                    already consumed by the window manager
                    causing them not longer being available in
                    programs like mc where it is the command
                    completion. Doing as you ask would for instance
                    make ALT+O not work any longer in mc also.

                    Lars
                    Have you tried ?

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                      #11
                      Re: Enable global menus

                      Done! Thanks!

                      Originally posted by OneLine
                      Run the:
                      Code:
                      oxygen-settings
                      Uncheck the "Draw keyboard accelerators"
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                        #12
                        Re: Enable global menus

                        One more... Show the application name in menubar?
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